Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Flash Flood Warning

* AT 108 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. WATER WAS SEVERAL INCHES DEEP OVER NUMEROUS ROADS IN THE CLARKRANGE AREA. RADAR INDICATED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN.

* MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA BEFORE 100 PM. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALLCREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THEBANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THEROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSSSAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.